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Drowning raises concerns about beach safety

Concerns about safety are on the rise after the drowning of a 57-year-old visitor to the area at Monastery Beach.

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Updated: 6:42 PM PST Mar 6, 2015

Drowning raises concerns about beach safety

Concerns about safety are on the rise after the drowning of a 57-year-old visitor to the area at Monastery Beach.

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Updated: 6:42 PM PST Mar 6, 2015

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WEBVTT COVERAGE YOU CAN COUNT ON.THIS IS ACTION NEWS EIGHT CANREAD I AM DAN GREEN.ERIN CLARK IS OFTEN TONIGHT.BEGINNING WITH THE WEEKENDAHEAD.IT PROMISES TO BE BUSY,PARTICULARLY IF THE BEACHES MANYARE PREVENTING --WORKING TOPREVENT ANOTHER DROWNING.MONASTERY BEACH.BRYNNE WHITTAKER IS LIVE WITHMORE.A THIRD OF THE DROWNINGDEATHS HAPPENED AT MONASTERYBEACH.WITH LAST WEEK'SDROWNING INMIND, CALIFORNIA STATE PARKS ISRETHINKING HOW IT ONCE PEOPLEABOUT THE DANGER.I HAVE NEVER SEENA C ASCRITICAL CLEAR AS THAT.FOR VISITORS LIKETHIS ONE,THE SIGNS WERE NOT ENOUGH OF AWARNING.WE WERE -- WE HAD NO IDEAWHATSOEVER.THE CHILDREN HAVE BEEN PEDDLING.NOW WE ARE A LITTLEBITCONCERNED.IT IS AN INFAMOUS SPEECH TOOMANY LOCALS, KNOWN FOR ITS STEEPFACE.THE SIGNS TALK ABOUT THEUNDERTOW.YOU CAN KINDOF SEE IT.IF YOU ARE LOOKING AT THE WATER.THAT ALONG WITH UNPREDICTABLECONDITIONS MAKES IT EASY FOR ABIG WAVE TO KNOCK YOU DOWN.YOU COULD BE OUT HERE,THINKING YOU ARE TRY AND SAY.BUT WHEN THAT COMES IN, ITGENERATES A LOT OF WATER.STATE PARKSSAYS HIRING ALIFEGUARD WOULD BE THE BESTSOLUTION BUT IT WOULD COST TO$50,000 A YEAR.-- $250,000 A YEAR.PRICE WE DID NOT HAVE MORESTAFFING.THIS WILL PRESENT A PROBLEM FORPENINSULA RESIDENTS.WE NEED MORE STAFFING.RIGHT NOW, THERE ARE THREELIFE GUARDS PATROLLING THE STATEBEACHES IN MONTEREY COUNTY.THREE LIFEGUARDS FOR 30 MILES OFCOST LINE.

Drowning raises concerns about beach safety

Concerns about safety are on the rise after the drowning of a 57-year-old visitor to the area at Monastery Beach.